They would have made a scintillating duo if they had taken the field together, but Thierry Henry and Mesut Özil aren’t exactly on the same page right now.

Talks over a new contract for the German playmaker, as well as his Chilean team-mate Alexis Sanchez, have stalled at a key point of the season, and record goalscorer Henry is not impressed with how the pair are conducting themselves.

“At the moment they are holding the club hostage,” Henry said to Sky Sports in reference to the Arsenal stars’ reported wage demands of more than £300,000-a-week.

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Arsenal fans have already begun to sweat on the future of Alexis Sanchez after Torino claimed they rejected a £56m bid from the Gunners for striker Andrea Belotti, and they will hardly want to imagine life without Özil too.